Braveheart
Every man dies, not every man really lives.
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers.This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
- Director
- Mel Gibson
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Action
- Worldwide
- $213M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
32 billed performers
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Movie DNA
How Braveheart actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Braveheart appears in 3 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Action Movies Ranked #33
Placed at #33 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Action Movies Ranked #35
Placed at #35 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #155
Placed at #155 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
6 wins · 10 nominations
Academy Awards
5 wins · 10 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Costume Design
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Braveheart returned 3.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $72M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $213M
- Release date
- May 24, 1995
- Runtime
- 2h 58m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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